“It’s ROBOT FIGHTIN’ TIME!”
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| Either in US... |
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| ...or UK flavor. |
The short answer, when you get right down to it, is “Because
I’ve been having a hoot watching the ABC revival of Battlebots, and I think I
might be about ready to call it both my favorite TV show and my favorite
sport.”
It wouldn’t be entirely accurate to say that it’s a comeback
of any sort, because robots fighting other robots as a form of entertainment
has never really gone away, not entirely. Ever since people first figured out
they could make Rock-em-Sock-em robots a real thing – but better! – robot
fighting has continued to be a thing, even when it’s mostly just an underground
scene. And then there’s the various momentary sparks in recognition, such as
Real Steel, it’s real-life counterpart Robot Combat League, and even a brief
moment at the start of Big Hero 6.
Robot Fighting may never be as big as your classic sports
like Baseball or Basketball or Football (of either variety), But what’s not to
love about watching two machines of death tear at each other in a display of metallic
mayhem? The pageantry of wrestling, the violence of the Colosseum but without any
of the concerns that comes from actual
blood sport, the brilliant displays of scientific engineering that bring it all
together.
It may prove to be the key piece of evidence that dooms
humanity when the robots rise up and need something to point to as proof of
mankind’s cruelty toward machines, but dang if it’s not worth enjoying until
then.
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